The final wildcard will got to Ernests Gulbis from Latvia, whose father was the reason for some uproar in the players lounge two years ago. Gulbis had to depart prematurely because of that. The Wildcard now should go a long way to show that things have been forgiven and forgotten.

I think I remember something about a coffee-related incident at the tournament restaurant... With a waiter... Or maybe it was with an umpire? I don't think it was a big deal, and I think that's not the main reason Ernests was given a WC, Bresnik probably is.

If anyone´s interested and knows German here is a relatively new article about that story.. For those who don´t know german.. The article says that Ainars "threw" hot coffee on a waiter in the players lounge, because he was angry.. In some artciles it even says that Ainars was angry because he did not get any soup at 11.. But to be honest: If it really was like that (and Ainars fault), why should they give him the Wc now??